Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, 88, star of The Four Tops, passes away.

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During the height of their popularity in the 1960s, The Four Tops were among Motown’s most revered groups.

These Four LeadingLawrence Payton, Abdul Duke Fakir, Levi Stubbs, and Renaldo Obie Benson are the four tops, arranged in a row. Source: Getty Images via the Michael Ochs Archives

‘I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)’ and ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’ were the two number one successes for the group between 1964 and 1967, among eleven other Top 20 songs.

Song titles like “Bernadette,” “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” “Baby I Need Your Loving,” and “Ask the Lonely” also achieved success.

Fakir resigned from touring at the end of last year after battling bladder cancer, according to Billboard.

 

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